[Boost-users] Re: Use of dollar signs in variable names when usingboost::archive::xml_iarchive

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-04 11:40:51

lloyd.reed_at_[hidden] wrote:
> I have found a bug or undocumented limitation in the boost
> serialization library.
>
> I'm using VC++ 2003, which allows you to use variable names which
> include dollar signs ($).

Is this a great idea?  My reference Stroustrup - The C++ Programming
language, page 81 says "Extensions (e.g. allowing the character $ in a name)
yield non-portable programs."

Robert Ramey